- From: Robert Neff <robneff@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 05:56:47 -0700
- To: "jonathan chetwynd" <jay@peepo.com>, "Jason White" <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Cc: "w3c" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
We are using Flash three and are putting ALT tags in the embedded object. ----- Original Message ----- From: jonathan chetwynd <jonathan@signbrowser.free-online.co.uk> To: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au> Cc: w3c <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 12:00 AM Subject: telecon5/Examples of use of graphics to demonstrate complex problems > I am not currently privy to decisions as to the method of communication > determined by w3c for their site. > > However if you have tried flash3 it has an excellent interactive tutorial. > It is not impossible to provide text alternatives, however difficult. > > SimCity as I remember, about 25 years ago was available as a text game. > Today it is used by city planners, the text version is not abandoned, just > less accessible to the majority. > > The gl site does use < > and ^ someone decided these icons were acceptable. > > Prefferred learning method is a user centred term referring to different > peoples chosen method of studying. Some like command line structure, others > prefer gui. > By only admitting one method wai is not accommodating a large part of the > community. It happens that non-readers are near one extreme. > > It is evident that if this is to be actioned, much of the site would be > effected, including ig, gl and eo. > > jay@peepo.com > > Please send us links to your favourite websites. > Our site www.peepo.com is a drive thru. > When you see a link of interest, click on it. > Move the mouse to slow down. > It is a graphical aid to browsing the www. > We value your comments. > >
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